Helping others realize their potential is good business, pope says
IMAGE: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis pleaded with a group of billionaires to take seriously their personal obligation to share their resources and make a real commitment to doing business in a way that helps other people realize their potential, too. The global economic …
The Athenauem Cincinnati Gives Challenge Update
The Athenauem of Ohio is involved with the Cincinnati Gives Challenge, a friendly fundraising competition raising money for local nonprofit organizations. Right now they are in the Number 3 Spot. As of 9:15 a.m. on December 5 the gap is widening between second and third place and The Athenauem is …
Vatican offers instructions on cremation
Although permission for Catholics to be cremated was issued and incorporated into Canon Law in 1963, Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told reporters Oct. 25 that church law had not specified exactly what should be done with “cremains,” and several bishops’ …
Xenia native ordained Marianist priest
Marianist Sean Richard Downing, a native of Xenia, was ordained a priest on Oct. 8 at the Unviersity of Dayton’s Chapel of the Immaculate Conception. Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S, of San Antonio presided. Marianist Provincial Father Martin Solma concelebrated the Mass at the chapel, which was overflowing with family, friends …
Friday Night Archdiocese of Cincinnati Football
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES LaSalle (12-2) 14 vs. Perry (Massillon) 7 St. Xavier (9-5) 27 vs. St. Ignatius (Cleveland) (13-1) 20 All Archdiocese High School Standings LaSalle Lancers 13-2 (Ohio State Division II Champions) (Greater Catholic South Football Champions) St. Xavier Bombers 10-5 (Ohio State Division I Champions) Archbishop Alter Knights …
Nearly two hundred attended the US Catholic Mission Association in Cincinnati
By Gail Finke The nearly two hundred men, women, and students who attended the US Catholic Mission Association (USCMA) national conference in Cincinnati last month come from different areas of the world and in serve different ways, but they all agree on one thing: Mission isn’t something you do, it’s …
Pope recognizes martyrdom of Oklahoma priest killed in Guatemala
IMAGE: CNS By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, making him the first martyr born in the United States. The Vatican made the announcement Dec. 2. The recognition of his martyrdom clears the way for his …
Syriac Catholic patriarch ‘horrified’ after seeing Iraqi ‘ghost towns’
IMAGE: CNS photo/Thaier Al-Sudani, Reuters By Doreen Abi Raad BEIRUT (CNS) — The Syriac Catholic patriarch said he was horrified to see widespread devastation and what he called “ghost towns” during a recent visit to northern Iraq. Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan wrote in an email to Catholic News Service …
Some fleeing scene of wildfires describe it as escaping ‘gates of hell’
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Tennessee Highway Patrol, handout via Reuters By Bill Brewer PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (CNS) — St. Mary’s Catholic Church was at ground zero in the wildfires that devastated parts of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge Nov. 28, and while flames reached to within yards of the tourist city church, …
Paper’s 1941 war edition expressed faith, patriotism of island Catholics
IMAGE: CNS photo/Catholic Herald By Patrick Downes HONOLULU (CNS) — “Our beloved country is at war. Our peaceful shores have been ruthlessly attacked, and all citizens are called upon to unite their efforts toward that peace for which we have all prayed, that peace which the world cannot give, and …